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All solitary dreamers know that they hear differently when they close their eyes.
-Gaston Bachelard

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11.24.2007

Musical Artist of the Week: DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid


I have featured DJ Spooky here previously, but BoingBoing brought yet another great mix of his to my attention yesterday. Spooky is a thinking-man's DJ, with a deep understanding of history, both arthistorical and musicological (well, it seems like a real word...). I saw him speak at the AIGA conference in NYC in 2001, and he's one smart cookie, especially when it comes to looking at art and culture. Interestingly, most of what he discussed related to visual art, but after his presentation I could see how he has extended his sense of aesthetics into the aural world as well.

I would wager a lot of the best DJs have a hand or arm in the visual art world as well. One of my friends from SCAD is now a great DJ down in Atlanta, and I am sure she is not the only one to make the transition from visual to musical imagery. DJ Spooky has long brought cultural, social and political issues to bear on his mixes, and the latest effort, Ghostworld (Africa Pavillion Mix) is no exception. Check out what he has to say about it, and then download the eighty-nine minutes of soundscape and listen. If it doesn't move you, you aren't alive.

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11.23.2007

Analogs do digital video transitions via trampoline tech

For all my physical acting and film grad student friends out there, See it and believe it:


All done in one take. My favorite part is the painted progress bar at the bottom.
via the Panopticist.

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11.21.2007

Color


If you ever need some color inspiration, check out ColourLovers.com, an online community devoted to sharing ideas about color, color palettes, and trends. It's a great place for getting some inspiration, and if nothing else, an idea of what other designers out there are using.

Here's a particularly nice, cool, bold palette from deus that caught my eye this morning as I was searching for some inspiration.

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11.20.2007

iterative


Have you taken your design at least one step past where you feel comfortable with it today?

Iteration: it works.

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11.15.2007

Beer + WiFi = AWESOME


I'm writing you this afternoon from the Breckenridge Brewery's 471 Kalamath location in Denver, where I happened to bring my laptop in order to prepare for the monthly Board meeting of the David L. Bucknam Memorial Scholarship Foundation. Yes, we meet in a brewery, and that's just what dad would have wanted. Anyhow, imagine my surprise when I saw a WiFi hotspot appear! I guess I shouldn't be too surprised, because it's hard not to find WiFi access in many places these days...but in a brewery? Yep. Even beer makers need the intertubes once in a while, I suppose.

And now I will take my leave. Some Trademark Pale Ale has shown up here, and it's time to get down to work before the rest of the board shows up. CHEERS!

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11.02.2007

The Beatles and Pink Floyd, sure....but Linkin Park?

Gracenote, the database that software like iTunes uses to grab title and track info, now has an interactive Flash map showing what groups and albums are popular in any given state or country. The amazing thing I learned is how popular the Beatles and Pink Floyd still are, despite their, shall we say, inactivity. Linkin Park is also quite popular across the globe (whaaa?).

The map is a nice example of how you can show a large amount of data in an understandable fashion. I wish there was some way of typing in a band or album name and having the map display relative popularity from country to country...as it stands now, you can only roll over one country at a time and view those stats by themselves. Why not have a color- or intensity-coding scheme tied to specific artist popularity?

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